Think its the traders who where stuck on the last spike ,good riddance. might start to rise because of genuine improvements rather than the usual 10% dicwads.
Hydras , what we need is miliband( the unfunny one of the chuckle brothers) on the job ,then you can guarantee sky high prices lots of payments to non producers, lots of subsidies for tech. that no one wants.
People can buy /sell shares without an execution fee ,hence the small trades. The silly prices they pay are another means of controlling the spread -of course it is another lever that the mm's have.